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ABC All Star: Butte Softball Outfielders
It's getting your homework done and I think they can carry that over to the softball field," said Butte head coach Steve Stosich. Alley will attend the University of Montana next Fall and major in speech pathology, because of what she's overcome. "When …Read more on ABC FOX MONTANA

Victims discuss abuse at Jesuit mission in Montana
Jesuits and Ursuline sisters systematically abused children at an American Indian mission school in St. Ignatius, Montana, in the 1950s and 1960s, according to alumni of the school who spoke with the Missoula Independent. “Though hundreds of survivors …Read more on Catholic Culture

Montana newlywed is rethinking guilty plea in murder of her husband
The Montana woman who was to be sentenced Thursday for pushing her new husband to his death in Glacier National Park wants to withdraw her guilty plea to a second-degree murder charge, her lawyer said Tuesday March 25, 2014. (AP Photo/Stephan …Read more on al.com (blog)

Montana AAU names Little Sullivan finalists
The female nominees are Olympic slopestyle skier Maggie Voisin of Whitefish, Montana basketball player Jordan Sullivan of Sidney, Montana State basketball player Jackie Elliott of Billings and Montana soccer player Maddey Frey of Kalispell. The winners …Read more on Helena Independent Record

Democrat Lewis raised most from Montana in US House race
HELENA — Democratic U.S. House candidate John Lewis of Helena raised more money from individual Montana donors than the three major Republican candidates in the race as of Dec. 31. Lewis collected nearly $ 182,000 in donations of at least $ 200 from …Read more on Billings Gazette

Montana Decoy Introduces Dinner Belle Turkey Hen Decoy
About Montana Decoy: Created in 1996 by Jerry McPherson, Montana Decoy got its start from an average hunter trying to improve his bowhunting success. Tormented by an uncooperative bull elk, McPherson returned to his truck, thinking about how he could …Read more on AmmoLand.com (press release)

17 hours 49 seconds ago by Q2 News
Montana this Morning, Headlines and Weather with Lisa Hart and Ed McIntosh, 03-24-2014. BILLINGS – The search for survivors of a massive mudslide in Washington state continue this morning. So far the death toll stands at eight. Also, Q2 News is in …Read more on KTVQ Billings News

Griz lacrosse brings home Copper Cup
It brought in a lot of people and raised awareness of kids playing lacrosse after high school in Montana. Next year, we're going to be in Bozeman for the tournament, so hopefully we'll get more kids from the south central or central Montana areas …Read more on KPAX-TV

Montana livestock groups express dismay Board of Livestock's budget meeting
On February 19, four Montana agriculture groups—the Montana Farm Bureau Federation, Montana Stockgrowers Association, the Montana Woolgrowers and the Montana Association of Livestock Auction Markets sent a letter to the Montana Board of …Read more on kxlo-klcm

Guest opinion: Montana's sage grouse worth protecting
After a century or two of obscurity, the sage grouse has been getting a lot of attention lately. It's not just about sage grouse, but where it lives and what it presents: Montana's healthy sagebrush habitats. The taming of the West has been hard on …Read more on Billings Gazette

Gallatin County officials looking for Election Judges
Categories. Crime and Courts · Local News · Montana News · National News · International News · Outdoors. Latest News. Story Thumbnail · Gallatin County officials looking for Election Judges. If you feel like working an election this year and getting …Read more on KBZK Bozeman News

Friday afternoon On Demand STORMTracker Forecast
Unseasonably cold temperatures to continue into the weekend for Montana and forecast models indicate near normal temperatures into early next week. A series of pacific storms will drop periodic moisture over the state through the next 7 days. The next …Read more on KBZK Bozeman News

Snowmobiler rescued after being injured on Two Top near Montana/Idaho border
WEST YELLOWSTONE – Shortly after noon on Wednesday, the Gallatin County Sheriff's Search and Rescue responded to the report of an injured snowmobiler on Two Top near the Montana/Idaho border. Personnel from the Sheriff's Office, Search and …Read more on KBZK Bozeman News

Montana dodged a bullet, Wyoming not so lucky
BILLINGS – We may have dodged a bullet, but the same cannot be said for Wyoming. An intense band of snow that was originally forecast to take more of a northerly route dropped southward into Wyoming. Over an inch of snow per hour was reported in some …Read more on KTVQ Billings News

Montana Preps Plus: Meet the Coach
Downey is in his first year as the head coach of the Vikings and led the team to an unbeaten season and the Class B state title last week in Bozeman. He spent time coaching at Heritage High in Vancouver, Wash., and Timberline High in Boise, as well as …Read more on Great Falls Tribune

Montana woman charged with trying to bring meth and marijuana on plane
HELENA – A 43-year-old woman has been charged with trying to board an airplane in Helena with methamphetamine and marijuana in a carry-on bag. Lisa Newell appeared in Helena Justice Court on Tuesday, where she was charged with possession of …Read more on KTVQ Billings News

Montana hunters, trappers take 230 wolves during 2013-14 season
This undated image provided by Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks shows a wolf in Montana. Hunters and trappers harvested 230 wolves in Montana during the 2013-14 season, which came to a close Saturday. / AP Photo/Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks, File …Read more on Great Falls Tribune

New Butte exhibit on history of fishing in SW Montana
BUTTE – A new exhibit on display at the Butte Public Archives focuses on the history of fishing in southwest Montana. The project began as a tribute to the late legendary Butte fly fisherman George Grant and grew into a bigger display as the archive …Read more on KAJ18 Kalispell Montana News

Now here's a true Montana melodrama
Much has been written about the appointment of John Walsh to the U.S. Senate including comparisons to Montana's earlier Senate appointments. It's interesting to look at the actual historical facts of the earlier situations. Most recently, 36 years ago …Read more on Montana Standard

Keeping Montana a priority in D.C.
It's time to do things differently and take responsibility to solve the problems affecting Montana families. So, when I learned that two disturbing domestic surveillance programs have continued despite the national outcry, I introduced the Civil …Read more on Great Falls Tribune

Panel to examine Montana hunting, fishing license fee proposals
Proposals drafted by a legislative interim committee would raise license fees for many hunters and anglers in Montana to generate more revenue for state Fish, Wildlife and Parks. The proposals will be presented to the Environmental Quality Council at …Read more on The Missoulian

Montana taxidermy competition displays various mounts, from leopards to fish
Tim Carter with the Montana Taxidermists Association said, "Most competition pieces are way more extensive than a commercial piece, anywhere up to one-thousand hours on some of them." One might be surprised to find a mountain lion at a state taxidermy …Read more on KRTV Great Falls News

It's been a long, cold winter for Montana ranchers
"The only more definite report we have is from the Eastern part of the state where two or three weeks ago calf losses were in excess of 10 percent," said Bruce Nelson, Montana Farm Service Agency director. "We know that there have been some extremely …Read more on The Missoulian

Leavitt Group and Mountain West Benefits combine to create premiere Montana…
The Leavitt Group announced that Mountain West Benefits will become part of the Leavitt Group in an affiliation that also includes the Leavitt Group's two Montana agencies: Taylor-Leavitt Insurance Agency of Billings, and Northern Montana Insurance …Read more on Independent Observer

Montana's Big Sky Resort Gets Bigger
For years, Vail Mountain has reigned as the nation's largest ski area, but last fall Big Sky Resort, the understated ski area in southwestern Montana, leapfrogged its better-known competitor with the addition of acreage on a series of adjacent …Read more on New York Times

Trapping is part of Montana's heritage
I have never trapped, and I don't necessarily believe that I will start. However, the more I learned about trapping and the charge against it led by out-of-state groups I've never heard of, the more compelled I felt to speak up. I am a lifelong hunter …Read more on Billings Gazette

Fairfield's Barta Named Montana Gatorade Player of the Year
Fairfield's Barta Named Montana Gatorade Player of the Year. While Fairfield's consecutive win record is gathering attention around the state, the Lady Eagles now boast the 2013-2014 Gatorade Montana Girls Basketball Player of the Year in Jill Barta …Read more on KRTV Great Falls News

Montana Avalanche Rescue Included Neighborhood
Rescue officials say about 100 neighbors converged to help find three people buried Friday when an avalanche swept down a mountain in a residential area of Missoula in western Montana and crushed a house at the bottom. "It was very chaotic but a lot of …Read more on ABC News

Mystery, adventure among new Montana titles
In the summer of 1998, Walter Kirn set out on a peculiar, fateful errand: to personally deliver a crippled hunting dog from his home in Montana to the New York apartment of one Clark Rockefeller, a secretive young banker and art collector who had …Read more on Ravalli Republic